#A8D942#A8D942

#A8D942 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.182 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D942
RGB	rgb(168, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(79, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -37.13, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 75.45, 119.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.1068 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.182 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9449, 58.3433, 14.2047)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D942 #7342D9

analogous

#D9BE42 #A8D942 #5CD942

triadic

#A8D942 #42A8D9 #D942A8

tetradic

#A8D942 #42D9BE #7342D9 #D9425C

square

#A8D942 #42D9BE #7342D9 #D9425C

split-complementary

#A8D942 #425CD9 #BE42D9

monochromatic

#63861B #89B925 #A8D942 #BFE375 #D7EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A8D942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#A8D942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D942

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D942	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.182 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e57f',
    500: '#a8d942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d942;
$custom-light: #c6e57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.47,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82297,
    "c": 0.18227,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D942

secondary

#50338C

accent

#3EE976

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D942

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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